Contested sovereignties: Indigenous law, violence and state effects in postwar Guatemala

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-184

  Sieder, Rachel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGÍA SOCIAL CIESAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Guatemala; indigenous law; Mayan law; sovereignty; state; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052422042     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X11409729     Document Type: Article

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